ropy
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A man looking for his son and daughter-in-law walked into their house, "decorated in late-seventies style. Sword fish on the wall. Tiffany chandelier. Ropy plant hangers."
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2018
Ropy veins stand out on her arms and hands through her translucent skin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Throughout the series as in many another Hearst cartoon, the question of War Debts played a major part, with "Ropy" loudly boasting that he would "pay nobody" and " 'Erbie" trying to still his outcries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ropy, vivid red scars run from her forehead down across her cheeks, lips, and chin, all the way into the high neck of her black dress.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
Ropy strands of the metal shone reddish-yellow in the soft light of the walls; detached pieces lay on the floor and in the car itself.
From The Finding of Haldgren by Diffin, Charles Willard
